Deng Xiaoping Proposes ‘One Country, Two Systems’
鄧小平提出「一國兩制」
Source: One Country, Two Systems
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Date: Last revised January 23, 2018Author: Multiple contributors
To address the cross-strait relationship following the ROC government’s retreat to Taiwan, Deng Xiaoping — the second-generation leader of the People’s Republic of China — proposed the constitutional principle of “one country, two systems” in the 1980s. The then-ROC President Chiang Ching-kuo responded with the counter-proposal of “one country, good system.”
On January 10, 1982, Deng Xiaoping first formally proposed the concept of “one country, two systems” during a meeting with Li Yao-chi, president of the American Chinese Association, who was visiting China: “Under the premise of achieving national reunification, the principal part of the country will implement the socialist system, while Taiwan will implement the capitalist system.” On June 25 of the following year, 1983, Deng Xiaoping met with Professor Yang Li-yu of Seton Hall University in the United States and further elaborated on the concrete framework for achieving peaceful reunification between Taiwan and mainland China — proposing, on the basis of “one country, two systems,” six conditions and methods for implementation (known as the “Deng’s Six Points”). This political concept also became the fundamental policy for governing Hong Kong after its handover to China.
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- Wang Hao’s Perspective: Why Did Chiang Ching-kuo Oppose “One Country, Two Systems”? (Storm Media)
- Deng Xiaoping Proposes “One Country, Two Systems” (China.com.cn)
- Deng’s Six Points (Wikiwand)
- Has Deng Xiaoping’s Implementation of “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong Succeeded? (BBC Chinese)
- Taiwan Has No Chance for One Country, Two Systems (China Times)